Latest Kansas high school football state team rankings for each class for Week 7 games

Taylor Eldridge
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Following Week 6 games last Friday night, Varsity Kansas has announced its new Kansas high school football state rankings ahead of the Week 7 schedule of games played on Oct. 14 in the 2022 regular season.

Last week’s rankings can be found here.

Class 6A rankings

1. Manhattan (6-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 44-7 win at 6A No. 7 Junction City. This week: vs. Lansing (2-4).

2. Derby (4-2, LW: 2)

Last week: 52-51 loss vs. 5A No. 2 Maize. This week: at Maize South (3-3).

3. Wichita Northwest (5-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 79-8 win at Wichita South. This week: vs. Wichita West (2-4).

4. Olathe North (6-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 69-7 win at Shawnee Mission West. This week: at 5A No. 2 Mill Valley (6-0).

5. Blue Valley West (3-3, LW: 6)

Last week: 35-28 loss vs. 4A No. 2 St. James Academy. This week: at 4A No. 2 Bishop Miege (5-1).

6. Blue Valley Northwest (3-3, LW: 8)

Last week: 35-14 win vs. Blue Valley Southwest. This week: at Blue Valley North (0-6).

7. Gardner-Edgerton (4-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 35-7 win vs. 6A No. 5 Lawrence. This week: at Olathe East (1-5).

8. Lawrence (4-2, LW: 5)

Last week: 35-7 loss at Gardner-Edgerton. This week: vs. Lawrence Free State (3-3).

9. Blue Valley (3-3, LW: 9)

Last week: 14-7 win vs. Blue Valley North. This week: at 4A No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (4-2).

10. Junction City (4-2, LW: 7)

Last week: 44-7 loss vs. 6A No. 1 Manhattan. This week: vs. Topeka (1-5).

Also considered: Garden City (5-1), Olathe South (4-2), Olathe West (4-2), Washburn Rural (4-2), Wichita East (4-2).

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Class 5A rankings

1. Maize (6-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 52-51 win at 6A No. 2 Derby. This week: vs. 5A No. 5 Hutchinson (5-1).

2. Mill Valley (6-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 58-6 win at Shawnee Mission South. This week: vs. 6A No. 4 Olathe North (6-0).

3. Hays (5-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 41-6 win vs. Dodge City. This week: vs. Liberal (2-4).

4. Bishop Carroll (4-2, LW: 4)

Last week: 26-21 win vs. 5A No. 6 Kapaun Mt. Carmel. This week: at Wichita Heights (4-2).

5. Hutchinson (5-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 28-7 win vs. Campus. This week: at 5A No. 1 Maize (6-0).

6. De Soto (5-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 24-0 win vs. Kansas City Piper. This week: vs. Kansas City Turner (0-6).

7. Goddard (5-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 33-14 win vs. 5A No. 8 Maize South. This week: vs. 5A No. 10 Salina Central (4-2).

8. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (3-3, LW: 6)

Last week: 26-21 loss vs. 5A No. 4 Bishop Carroll. This week: vs. 4A No. 3 St. James Academy (3-3).

9. Valley Center (5-1, LW: 10)

Last week: 19-12 OT win at Andover. This week: vs. Arkansas City (2-4).

10. Salina Central (4-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 35-24 win vs. 4A No. 10 Andover Central. This week: at 5A No. 7 Goddard (5-1).

Also considered: Andover (3-3), Great Bend (4-2), Maize South (3-3), Shawnee Heights (3-3), Topeka Seaman (4-1).

Class 4A rankings

1. St. Thomas Aquinas (4-2, LW: 3)

Last week: 29-26 win at 4A No. 1 Bishop Miege. This week: vs. 6A No. 9 Blue Valley (3-3).

2. Bishop Miege (5-1, LW: 1)

Last week: 29-26 loss vs. 4A No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas. This week: vs. 6A No. 5 Blue Valley West (3-3).

3. St. James Academy (3-3, LW: 2)

Last week: 35-28 win at 6A No. 6 Blue Valley West. This week: at 5A No. 8 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (3-3).

4. Chanute (6-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 49-6 win vs. Fort Scott. This week: at Coffeyville (5-1).

5. Wamego (6-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 35-6 win vs. Shawnee Heights. This week: at Clearwater (3-3).

6. McPherson (4-2, LW: 5)

Last week: 34-32 win at Wellington. This week: vs. Mulvane (1-5).

7. Louisburg (5-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 49-0 win vs. Tonganoxie. This week: at Ottawa (2-4).

8. Basehor-Linwood (5-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 32-26 win at Lansing. This week: at Topeka Seaman (4-1).

9. Eudora (5-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 55-7 win vs. Kansas City Schlagle. This week: vs. Tonganoxie (3-3).

10. Circle (5-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 40-0 win vs. Abilene. This week: at Wellington (3-3).

Also considered: Andover Central (3-3), Atchison (6-0), Coffeyville (5-1), Kansas City Piper (3-3), Wellington (3-3).

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Class 3A rankings

1. Andale (6-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 49-0 win at 3A No. 3 Wichita Collegiate. This week: vs. 3A No. 9 Cheney (5-1).

2. Topeka Hayden (6-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 38-0 win vs. Royal Valley. This week: at 3A No. 3 Holton (5-1).

3. Holton (5-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 48-17 win at 2A No. 5 Rossville. This week: vs. 3A No. 2 Topeka Hayden (6-0).

4. Wichita Collegiate (5-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 49-0 loss vs. 3A No. 1 Andale. This week: vs. Wichita Trinity (0-6).

5. Rock Creek (5-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 70-20 win at Hiawatha. This week: vs. Clay Center (4-2).

6. Girard (6-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 47-0 win at Iola. This week: vs. Anderson County (2-4).

7. Wellsville (6-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 49-14 win vs. Prairie View. This week: vs. Santa Fe Trail (1-5).

8. Scott City (5-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 28-14 win at 3A No. 10 Holcomb. This week: vs. Goodland (2-4).

9. Cheney (5-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 48-2 win vs. Nickerson. This week: at 3A No. 1 Andale (6-0).

10. Hugoton (5-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 30-6 win vs. Cimarron. This week: at Holcomb (5-1).

Also considered: Clay Center (4-2), Frontenac (4-2), Galena (4-2), Hesston (4-2), Holcomb (5-1), Parsons (5-1), Pratt (5-1).

Class 2A rankings

1. Southeast-Saline (6-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 46-6 win vs. Hillsboro. This week: at Lyons (0-6).

2. Nemaha Central (6-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 56-0 win vs. Minneapolis. This week: at Riley County (2-4).

3. Kingman (6-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 35-7 win vs. 2A No. 9 Chaparral. This week: at Haven (4-2).

4. Silver Lake (4-2, LW: 4)

Last week: 41-6 win at Pleasant Ridge. This week: vs. Maur Hill-Mt. Academy (2-4).

5. Sabetha (5-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 56-0 win at Riverside. This week: vs. Horton (1-5).

6. Ellsworth (6-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 18-15 win at Russell. This week: vs. Halstead (3-3).

7. Rossville (2-4, LW: 5)

Last week: 48-17 loss vs. 3A No. 4 Holton. This week: vs. Pleasant Ridge (2-4).

8. Hoisington (4-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 44-0 win vs. 2A No. 10 Lakin. This week: at Larned (3-3).

9. Osage City (5-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 42-34 win vs. Humboldt. This week: at West Franklin (4-2).

10. Beloit (4-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 28-6 win at Norton. This week: vs. Concordia (2-4).

Also considered: Atchison County (5-1), Chaparral (5-1), Council Grove (5-1), Humboldt (4-2), Lakin (5-1), Norton (4-2).

Class 1A rankings

1. Inman (6-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 38-0 win at Ellinwood. This week: at Conway Springs (3-3).

2. Olpe (4-2, LW: 2)

Last week: 38-0 win at Caney Valley. This week: at 1A No. 10 Jayhawk-Linn (6-0).

3. Centralia (6-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 28-13 win at Garden Plain. This week: at Riverside (3-3).

4. Troy (5-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 32-0 win vs. Jackson Heights. This week: at Onaga (1-4).

5. Hutchinson Trinity (5-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 48-8 win vs. Medicine Lodge. This week: at Sterling (2-4).

6. Wabaunsee (5-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 42-7 win vs. Sacred Heart. This week: at Valley Heights (2-4).

7. Smith Center (4-2, LW: 7)

Last week: 48-7 win vs. Republic County. This week: at Sacred Heart (3-3).

8. St. Marys (4-2, LW: 8)

Last week: 45-0 win vs. Jefferson County North. This week: at Mission Valley (3-3).

9. Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (5-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 36-7 win vs. Columbus. This week: at Erie (3-3).

10. Jayhawk-Linn (6-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 20-6 win at Pleasanton. This week: vs. 1A No. 2 Olpe (4-2).

Also considered: Conway Springs (3-3), Jefferson County North (3-3), Marion (4-2), Oakley (3-3), Pleasanton (4-2).

8-man Div. I rankings

1. Wichita County (6-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 56-20 win at Div. I No. 4 Meade. This week: vs. Sublette (3-3).

2. Little River (5-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 48-0 win vs. Herington. This week: at Pretty Prairie (1-5).

3. South Sumner County (6-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 74-28 win at Div. I No. 10 Wichita Independent. This week: at Argonia-Attica (4-2).

4. Burlingame (6-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 63-14 win at Maranatha Academy. This week: vs. Madison (5-1).

5. Hoxie (5-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 20-14 win vs. Div. I No. 3 Hill City. This week: at Quinter (2-4).

6. Meade (5-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 56-20 loss vs. Div. I No. 1 Wichita County. This week: at Spearville (1-5).

7. Hill City (5-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 20-14 loss at Div. I No. 8 Hoxie. This week: vs. Stockton (0-6).

8. West Elk (6-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 62-0 win vs. Cedar Vale-Dexter. This week: vs. Oswego (5-1).

9. Macksville (6-0, LW: 9)

Last week: 50-0 win vs. La Crosse. This week: at Pratt Skyline (1-5).

10. Chase County (5-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 40-38 win at Lyndon. This week: vs. Cair Paravel (2-4).

Also considered: Central-Burden (5-1), Clifton-Clyde (5-1), Madison (5-1), Oswego (5-1), Wichita Independent (5-1).

8-man Div. II rankings

1. Axtell (6-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 62-14 win vs. Hanover. This week: vs. Frankfort (3-3).

2. Canton-Galva (6-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 46-0 win at Hutchinson Central Christian. This week: vs. Beloit-St. Johns Tipton (5-1).

3. Victoria (6-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 30-28 win at Wallace County. This week: vs. Sylvan-Lucas (5-1).

4. Thunder Ridge (5-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 55-6 win vs. Wheatland-Grinnell. This week: at St. Francis (3-3).

5. Dighton (6-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 54-6 win vs. Bucklin. This week: at Satanta (2-4).

6. Stafford (6-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 36-32 win vs. Norwich. This week: vs. Div. II No. 7 South Barber (6-0).

7. South Barber (6-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 36-30 win vs. St. John. This week: at Div. II No. 6 Stafford (6-0).

8. Minneola (6-0, LW: 8)

Last week: Forfeit win vs. Pike Valley. This week: vs. Hodgeman County (4-2).

9. Colony-Crest (5-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 74-26 win at Marmaton Valley. This week: vs. Marais des Cygnes Valley (0-6).

10. Osborne (5-1, LW: 10)

Last week: 50-0 win vs. Wakefield. This week: at Pike Valley (3-3).

Also considered: Beloit-St. John’s Tipton (5-1), Hodgeman County (4-2), Lebo (4-2), Sylvan-Lucas (5-1), Wallace County (4-2).

6-man rankings

1. Cunningham (6-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 57-6 win vs. Southern Coffey County. This week: vs. Burrton (4-2).

2. Ashland (5-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 74-26 win at Moscow. This week: vs. No. 7 Ingalls (4-1).

3. Waverly (6-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 38-32 win vs. No. 8 Wetmore. This week: at No. 10 Peabody-Burns (4-2).

4. Cheylin (5-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 51-0 win at Western Plains. This week: vs. Triplains-Brewster (2-4).

5. Tescott (5-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 46-0 win at Southern Cloud. This week: vs. No. 9 Natoma (4-2).

6. Northern Valley (4-2, LW: 6)

Last week: 55-7 win at Greeley County. This week: vs. Golden Plains (2-4).

7. Ingalls (4-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 54-8 win at Rolla. This week: at No. 2 Ashland (5-1).

8. Wetmore (4-2, LW: 8)

Last week: 38-32 loss at No. 3 Waverly. This week: vs. Centre (3-3).

9. Natoma (4-2, LW: 9)

Last week: 55-6 win vs. Chase. This week: at No. 5 Tescott (5-1).

10. Peabody-Burns (4-2, LW: 10)

Last week: 45-19 win at Altoona-Midway. This week: vs. No. 3 Waverly (6-0).

Also considered: Burrton (4-2), Centre (3-3), Deerfield (3-2), Golden Plains (2-4), Moscow (2-3).

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